and orange. Chroma: a color's brightness or dullness Complementary: opposites on the color wheel, which appear brighter when they are used together (examples: yellow and purple, red and green ...

Most color wheels have a minimum of 12 colors: three primary colors (red, yellow, blue), three secondary colors (orange, ...

green (blue + yellow), orange (yellow + red), and purple (red + blue). On the color wheel, they are organized in a triangular arrangement, equally spaced from its origin primary colors.

Red, Blue and Yellow is like "Harmony for Beginners." Look at color wheels online and pick out your favorite color. Then you can see which colors are equal distances apart. I like orange so one of ...

and fiery red. And others speak to a slightly more muted pastel-based palette: think butter yellow, powder blue, and electric lilac. But regardless of where it falls on the color wheel ...